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Prayer for Protection from the Wicked.
For the choir director; for AHeb Nehilothflute accompaniment. A Psalm of David.
1 APs 54:2Give ear to my words, O Loʀᴅ,
Consider my 1Or meditationBPs 104:34groaning.
For to You I pray.
3 In the morning, O Loʀᴅ, 1Or May You hearYou will hear my voice;
4 For You are not a God APs 11:5; 34:16who takes pleasure in wickedness;
BPs 92:15No evil 1Lit sojournsdwells with You.
You CPs 11:5; 45:7hate all who do iniquity.
6 You APs 52:4, 5destroy those who speak falsehood;
The Loʀᴅ abhors BPs 55:23the man of bloodshed and deceit.
7 But as for me, APs 69:13by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house,
8 O Loʀᴅ, APs 31:3lead me BPs 31:1in Your righteousness CPs 27:11because of 1Or those who lie in wait for memy foes;
Make Your way 2Or smoothstraight before me.
Their BPs 7:14inward part is destruction itself.
Their CRom 3:13throat is an open grave;
They 3Or make their tongue smoothflatter with their tongue.
10 Hold them guilty, O God;
APs 9:16By their own devices let them fall!
In the multitude of their transgressions BPs 36:12thrust them out,
For they are CPs 107:10, 11rebellious against You.
Let them ever sing for joy;
And 1Or You sheltermay You CPs 12:7shelter them,
That those who DPs 69:36love Your name may exult in You.
12 For it is You who APs 29:11blesses the righteous man, O Loʀᴅ,
You BPs 32:7, 10surround him with favor as with a shield.